Unlike other plastic forming processes, vacuum forming uses heat and a vacuum to form plastic over simple pattern molds.

Introducing a simple heat step to the production of plant-derived, biodegradable plastic could improve its properties while overcoming obstacles to manufacturing it commercially.

This new form of plastic could prevent laptops, mobile phones, and other electronics from overheating. Plastics are excellent insulators, meaning they efficiently trap heat—a quality that is an ...

A team of agricultural scientists are working to make corn-derived plastics more heat tolerant -- research that may broaden the range of applications for which these plastics could be used as an ...

Scientists in Japan have produced a plastic with the highest heat resistance ever reported, and done so by using natural materials as the building blocks. This biomass-derived plastic therefore ...

Northwestern chemists unveil a nickel catalyst that makes recycling stubborn plastics easier and more efficient.

Experts have found that placing a plastic container in the microwave to heat releases a bunch of tiny plastic particles – more than 2 billion nanoplastics and 4 million microplastics per square ...

Please switch to portrait mode for the best viewing experience Molding the Future Meet three innovators who are changing the world with plastic ... Historically, human prosthetics were crude devices.

A team of scientists from USDA and a cooperating company are working to make corn-derived plastics more heat tolerant -- research that may broaden the range of applications for which these ...